Forest-based Poverty Reduction: A Brief Review of Facts, Figures, Challenges and Possible Ways Forward


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Forest-based Poverty Reduction: A Brief Review of Facts, Figures, Challenges and Possible Ways Forward.[1]

Olivier Dubois, Forestry Policy and Institutions Branch, FAO

 

The content of this paper expresses the authors’ views and does not necessarily reflect FAO’s position.



[1] Paper prepared for the International Workshop on “Forests in poverty reduction strategies: Capturing the potential., 01-02 October, 2002, Tuusula, Finland.


Table of Contents

1. Agreeing on the concept of poverty and forestry in the context of the forestry- poverty nexus, and how to address it

2. What do we know about the contribution of forest resources to livelihoods and poverty reduction? Some facts and figures

2.1. The types of livelihoods inputs from forestry

2.2. Different patterns of the people/forest relationship

2.2. Some figures

3. Moving beyond facts and figures and making more sense of the forestry- poverty nexus – Some major challenges ahead

4. Linking Livelihood Approaches, Sustainable Forest Management/NFPs and Poverty Reduction /PRSPs

5. Doing something about forest-based poverty reduction: FAO’s recent contribution

5.1. The outputs of the Tuscany Forum and other recent work

5.2. Recent progress at FAO to carry forward the FBPR agenda for action

Acknowledgements

References

Annex 1: Draft summary matrix of proposed sets of activities under the five main outputs of the FSL Partnership Programme